Gilcrease Museum is temporarily closed for construction.

Get the Full Story
Older woman holding a baby, seated between two unidentified men
American
Tulsa Race Massacre survivor Effie Todd
American

Tulsa Race Massacre survivor, Thelma Thurman Knight

Curatorial Remarks

People: Thelma Thurman knight

Community Elder Tags: studio portrait, Tulsa Massacre Survivor, TRR 1921, bright colored dress, bead necklace, gold earrings, smile, sitting, brown, tan, black, red, grey

Kavin Ross, Community Expert for the Eddie Faye Gates project, 2020-2022


Community Youth Tags: professional photo, survivor photos, race riot survivors, Tulsa race massacre survivor, race riot research, gold knot earrings, elderly black woman, brown patchwork dress, necklace

LeQuincia Brown, Community Expert for the Eddie Faye Gates project, 2020-2022

You may be interested in...

Title(s): 
Tulsa Race Massacre survivor, Thelma Thurman Knight
Culture: 
American
Date: 
1900 - 2010
Classification: 
Object Type: 
Credit Line: 
Gift of Eddie Faye Gates, Tulsa, OK, teacher, author, community activist
Accession No: 
4327.10500
Previous Number(s): 
TL2019.20
Department: 
Not On View

Our Online Collections site is a work in progress. If you have information about this item that may be of assistance, please contact us.